1 little / ˈ lɪtl̟/ adjective less / ˈlɛs/ or lesser / ˈlɛsɚ/ also littler / ˈlɪtl̟ɚ/ ; You can use 'so', 'too', and 'very' in front of little. the adjective has no recognized mode of comparison.
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Little and few have negative meanings. I find that i need very little sleep these. Something much less than all:
The oed says of the word little:
A present that is not of great…. We use them to mean ‘not as much as may be expected or wished for’. Anything small, brief, young, or unimportant can be described as little. The meaning of little is not big.
If you live in a little cottage, it means your house is very small, and quite possibly adorable. Small in size or amount: A small quantity or amount: In english, a little, little, a few, and few are used to describe small amounts of something, but they are used differently depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
I know little of their history.
A short distance or time: I had little money and little free time. The difficulty is commonly evaded by resort to a synonym (as smaller, smallest); A small amount of food or drink:
A little down the road; How to use little in a sentence. See examples of little used in a sentence. You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something.
(a) little and (a) few are quantifiers meaning ‘some’.
Least / ˈliːst/ also littlest / ˈlɪtl̟əst/ britannica dictionary definition of little 1 a :
